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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's the problem with force-feeding "adult" authors to teenage children - it just puts them off the "classics" for life. I was exactly the same with Dickens - forced to read "David Copperfield" in school and thought it was the more boring book ever. I only "rediscovered" Dickens 20 years later, in my late 30s, and thank goodness I did - he's now my favourite author!
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I enjoyed reading Dickens as a teenager (possibly more than I enjoy him now), but at no stage of my life have I liked Enid Blyton. I don't think it's a case of 'adult' authors being boring to children - any author will be boring to some readers.
I think the problem with having 'set books' in schools is that it is impossible to choose ones that will appeal to everyone, at the time they have to read them.
The best they can do is provide enough variety to make it likely some of the books will be enjoyable to most.